En la última de mis periódicas incursiones a la administración de la cuenta de Instagram de Global Voices, hace ya unos meses, decidí llevar el #7BooksChallenge a los ámbitos de la gente de Global Voices y resaltar la labor intelectual que realizan sus miembros aparte de la organización. Y bueno, sin más acá va lo posteado.

De los muchos desafíos que pululan en Instagram, este es uno de los más simples. Se trata de publicar las portadas de 7 libros sin mayor explicación. ¿Global Voices haciendo desafíos? este 2019 no está comenzando bien, dirás. Pero te digo: al contrario, desde sus primeros días la comunidad de Global Voices se caracterizó entre otras cosas, por ser una comunidad de lectores y obviamente, escritores. Y aquí está el truco. Los libros cuyas portadas publicaremos están escritos por miembros de la comunidad de Global Voices. Las reglas de este desafío dicen que no debes decir nada sobre el libro que se publica, pero bueno, esto es Global Voices, y amamos el contexto, así que aquí te cuento algo sobre el libro de hoy.

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Of the many challenges that populate Instagram, this is one of the simplest. It is about publishing the covers of 7 books without no further explanation. Global Voices making challenges? this 2019 is not starting right you will say. But I say: on the contrary, from its earliest days the Global Voices community was characterized by among many other things for being a community of readers, and obviously, writers. And here is the trick. The books whose covers we will publish are written by members of the Global Voices community. The rules of this challenge say that you should not tell anything about the book that is published, but hey, this is Global Voices, and Global Voices loves context, so here I tell you something about today’s book. «In Consent of the Networked, journalist and Internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that it is time to fight for our rights before they are sold, legislated, programmed, and engineered away. Every day, the corporate sovereigns of cyberspace make decisions that affect our physical freedom — but without our consent. Yet the traditional solution to unaccountable corporate behavior — government regulation — cannot stop the abuse of digital power on its own, and sometimes even contributes to it. A clarion call to action, Consent of the Networked shows that it is time to stop arguing over whether the Internet empowers people, and address the urgent question of how technology should be governed to support the rights and liberties of users around the world.» (From Goodreads) Btw, Rebecca is one of our two founders, just in case you don’t know. Another rule of the challenge states that we have to nominate someone, so I nominate one of my best GV friends: @briconcella. —————————————— Hola! I’m Juan Arellano, also known as @cyberjuan, former @globalvoicesonline editor, author and translator, based in Lima, Perú and Medellín, Colombia. #instagv #dayinthelifeofgv #7books7nominations #7bookschallenge #7daybookchallenge #bibliophile #booklovers #bookstagram #books #bookclub #bookchallenge #bookreaders #bookreading #readers #rebeccamackinnon #consentofthenetworked #internet #goodreads #netfreedom #digitalrights #activism

Una publicación compartida de Global Voices (@globalvoicesonline) el 6 Ene, 2019 a las 11:22 PST

«En ‘No sin nuestro consentimiento’ la periodista y especialista en políticas de Internet Rebecca MacKinnon argumenta que es hora de luchar por nuestros derechos antes de que se vendan, legislen, programen y eliminen. Todos los días, los soberanos corporativos del ciberespacio toman decisiones que afectan a nuestro libertad física, pero sin nuestro consentimiento. Sin embargo, la solución tradicional a un comportamiento corporativo inexplicable, la regulación gubernamental, no puede detener el abuso del poder digital por sí solo y, a veces, incluso contribuye al mismo. Un claro llamado a la acción, ‘No sin nuestro consentimiento’ muestra que es hora de dejar de discutir si Internet empodera a las personas y abordar la cuestión urgente de cómo se debe gobernar la tecnología para apoyar los derechos y libertades de los usuarios de todo el mundo «. (De Goodreads) Por cierto, Rebecca es una de nuestros dos fundadores, en caso de que no lo sepas.

El libro está publicado en castellano por la editorial Deusto y en este post Enrique Dans lo comenta.

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Of the many challenges that populate Instagram, this is one of the simplest. It is about publishing the covers of 7 books without no further explanation. For this challenge I decided to make it special for GV’rs. The books whose covers I’ll publish are written by members of the Global Voices community. The rules of this challenge say that you should not tell anything about the book that is published, but hey, this is Global Voices, and Global Voices loves context, so here I tell you something about today’s book. «One August night in 1996, o­n a rural highway in Java, an investigative journalist was beaten to death by unknown assailants. Two months later, police arrested a high-school drop-out and put him o­n trial for the reporter’s murder. o­ne problem: the accused killer had never met his alleged victim. Entwined in local rivalries, media intrigues, and the long-held beliefs of many Javanese in fate, myth and magic, the killing of Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin spawned an unprecedented criminal investigation, a gripping courtroom drama and a nationwide controversy that signaled the iron rule of Indonesia’s longtime president, Suharto, was ending. Jose Manuel Tesoro (1972-2008) was Jakarta correspondent for Asiaweek magazine from 1997 to 2000. Born in Manila, he has lived and traveled widely in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, reporting for Asiaweek, Wired, East and the Economist Intelligence Unit». (Extracted from this book’s Amazon page). In case you’re wondering who José Manuel Tesoro is, Joel, as he was known in the GV community, was our first SE Asia editor. He died in december 2008. Another rule of the challenge states that we have to nominate someone, so I nominate one of my GV friends: @excessivegravitasshortfall. —————————————— Hola! I’m Juan Arellano, also known as @cyberjuan, former @globalvoicesonline editor, author and translator, based in Lima, Perú and Medellín, Colombia. #instagv #dayinthelifeofgv #7books7nominations #7bookschallenge #7daybookchallenge #bibliophile #booklovers #bookstagram #books #bookclub #bookchallenge #bookreaders #bookreading #readers #goodreads #journalism #journalists #Indonesia #SouthEastAsia #Suharto #bookshelf

Una publicación compartida de Global Voices (@globalvoicesonline) el 7 Ene, 2019 a las 10:18 PST

«Una noche de agosto de 1996, en una carretera rural en Java, un periodista de investigación fue golpeado hasta la muerte por asaltantes desconocidos. Dos meses después, la policía arrestó a un desertor de la escuela secundaria y lo llevó a juicio por el asesinato del periodista. Un problema: el acusado de asesinato nunca había conocido a su presunta víctima. Entrelazado en las rivalidades locales, las intrigas mediáticas y las  arraigadas creencias de muchos javaneses en el destino, el mito y la magia, el asesinato de Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin generó una investigación criminal sin precedentes, un apasionante drama de tribunales y una controversia a nivel nacional que señalaba que el mandato de hierro del presidente de Indonesia, Suharto, estaba terminando. José Manuel Tesoro (1972-2008) fue corresponsal de Yakarta para la revista Asiaweek de 1997 a 2000. Nacido en Manila, ha vivido y viajado ampliamente en Indonesia y el sudeste asiático, informando para Asiaweek, Wired, East y la unidad de inteligencia del Economist». (Extraído de la página de Amazon de este libro). En caso de que se pregunte quién es José Manuel Tesoro, Joel, como era conocido en la comunidad de GV, fue nuestro primer editor de SE Asia. Murió en diciembre del 2008.

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Of the many challenges that populate Instagram, this is one of the simplest. It is about publishing the covers of 7 books without no further explanation. For this challenge I’ll publish books written by members of the Global Voices community. The rules of this challenge say that you should not tell anything about the book that is published, but hey, this is Global Voices, and GV loves context, so here I tell you something about today’s book. «Hashtags: Social Media, Politics and Ethnicity in Nigeria provide a glimpse into the nature of the socio-political atmosphere of Africa’s most vibrant online politico-social ecosystem. Through this collection of essays, a product of the ethnographic immersion of the author in Nigeria’s social media milieu – the aspirations, hopes, angst, frustrations and intentions of Nigerian tweeps about politics, ethnicity, free speech, hate speech and political participation can be better understood. Egbunike takes his ethnographic lenses to work in this insightful collection of essays with topics worth pondering deeply before investing one more character or hashtag in an online civic conversation or activism. I strongly recommend #Hashtags to anyone who desires a deeper appreciation of the seeming inexorable social media movement beyond being a mere participant or observer». (Extracted from this book’s amazon page). In case you haven’t heard about Nwachukwu Egbunike, Nwach is a prolific contributor to GV and Advocacy and our Sub-Saharan Africa Community Manager. This challenge states that we have to nominate someone, so I nominate this book’s author: @NwachukwuEgbunike . ————————————— Hola! I’m Juan Arellano, also known as @cyberjuan, former @globalvoicesonline editor, author and translator, based in Lima, Perú and Medellín, Colombia. #instagv #dayinthelifeofgv #7books7nominations #7bookschallenge #7daybookchallenge #bibliophile #booklovers #bookstagram #books #bookclub #bookchallenge #bookreaders #bookreading #readers #goodreads #journalism #journalists #Nigeria #Subsaharanafrica #Nwachukwu #NwachukwuEgbunike #socialmedia #activism #politics #ethnicity #freespeech #hatespeech #bookshelf

Una publicación compartida de Global Voices (@globalvoicesonline) el 8 Ene, 2019 a las 10:39 PST

«‘Hashtags: redes sociales, política y origen étnico en Nigeria’ da una idea de la naturaleza de la atmósfera sociopolítica del ecosistema político-social en línea más vibrante de África. A través de esta colección de ensayos, producto de la inmersión etnográfica del autor en las redes sociales de Nigeria, las aspiraciones, esperanzas, angustias, frustraciones e intenciones de los tuiteros nigerianos sobre política, etnia, libertad de expresión, discurso de odio y participación política se pueden entender mejor. Egbunike toma sus lentes etnográficos para trabajar en esta perspicaz colección de ensayos con temas sobre los que vale la pena reflexionar profundamente antes de invertir en un personaje o hashtag más en una conversación o activismo cívico en línea. Recomiendo encarecidamente #Hashtags a cualquiera que desee una apreciación más profunda del aparentemente inexorable movimiento de las redes sociales más allá de ser un mero participante u observador». (Extraído de la página de Amazon de este libro). En caso de que no haya escuchado sobre Nwachukwu Egbunike, Nwach es un prolífico colaborador de GV y Advocacy y nuestro Community Manager para África Subsahariana.

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This is one of the simplest Insta challenges, it is about publishing the covers of 7 books without no further explanation. For this challenge I decided to make it special for GV’rs. The books whose covers I’ll publish are written by members of the GV community. The rules of this challenge say that you should not tell anything about the book that is published, but hey, this is Global Voices, and GV loves context, so here I tell you something about today’s book. «From 1998 to 2005, Ivan Sigal worked, lived and travelled in Central Asia, traversing #Russia, #Kazakhstan, #Uzbekistan, #Tajikistan, #Kyrgyzstan and #Afghanistan. He roamed with a dual identity–on the one hand designing media projects with local communities; on the other, an itinerant documentarian. The images from his multi-year odyssey reveal the unsettled lives of Eurasians in provincial towns and cities. Alongside the photos, an episodic narrative unfolds: vignettes chronicling Sigal’s encounters while tracing his restless passage through the landscape. Through image and text, White Road addresses what was left behind when the Soviet Union’s ideological superstructure was stripped away, eliminating the grand narrative that imposed meaning on people’s lives. The cumulative effect is that of a search without a center or apparent goal. We sense that circumstances of history and power propel us–subject, traveler and reader–from encounter to encounter, and from place to place. The term white road means safe journey in Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Uzbek.» (Extracted from this book’s amazon page). Ivan Sigal, as every GV’er knows, is Global Voices Executive Director. Another rule of the challenge states that we have to nominate someone, so I nominate another GV friend: @elisamarvena . —————————————— Hola! I’m Juan Arellano, also known as @cyberjuan, former @globalvoicesonline editor, author and translator, based in Lima, Perú and Medellín, Colombia. #instagv #dayinthelifeofgv #7books7nominations #7bookschallenge #7daybookchallenge #bibliophile #booklovers #bookstagram #books #bookclub #bookchallenge #bookreaders #bookreading #readers #goodreads #photographers #photography #urss #centralasia #ivansigal

Una publicación compartida de Global Voices (@globalvoicesonline) el 9 Ene, 2019 a las 9:52 PST

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This is one of the simplest Insta challenges. It is about publishing the covers of 7 books without no further explanation. For this challenge I decided to make it special for GV’rs. The books whose covers I’ll publish are written by members of the Global Voices community. The rules of this challenge say that you should not tell anything about the book that is published, but hey, this is Global Voices, and Global Voices loves context, so here I tell you something about today’s book. «The first novel about present-day North Korea to be published in the West. A moving and true-to-life tale of courage in the face of oppression and exile. Hyejin Kim’s Jia follows the adventures of an orphaned young woman, Jia, who has the grace of a dancer but the misfortune of coming from a politically suspect family. In the isolated mining village of her childhood, Jia’s father, a science teacher, questions government intrusion into his classroom and is taken away by police, never to be heard from again. Now Jia must leave the village where her family has been sent as punishment to carve a path for herself. Her journey takes her first to Pyongyang, and finally to Shenyang in northeast China. Along the way, she falls in love with a soldier, befriends beggars, is kidnapped, beaten, and sold, negotiates Chinese culture, and learns to balance cruel necessity with the possibilities of kindness and love. Above all, Jia must remain wary, always ready to adapt to the “capricious political winds” of modern North Korea and China.» (Extracted from this book’s amazon page). Hyejin Kim was Global Voices Korea editor. Another rule of the challenge states that we have to nominate someone, so I nominate another GV friend: @tsarolina. —————————————— Hola! I’m Juan Arellano, also known as @cyberjuan, former @globalvoicesonline editor, author and translator, based in Lima, Perú and Medellín, Colombia. #instagv #dayinthelifeofgv #7books7nominations #7bookschallenge #7daybookchallenge #bibliophile #booklovers #bookstagram #books #bookclub #bookchallenge #bookreaders #bookreading #readers #goodreads #NorthKorea #novel #literature # HyejinKim #Jia #Pyongyang #shenyang #China #refugees

Una publicación compartida de Global Voices (@globalvoicesonline) el 10 Ene, 2019 a las 10:16 PST

«La primera novela sobre la actual Corea del Norte a publicarse en Occidente. Una conmovedora historia de coraje frente a la opresión y el exilio. Jia de Hyejin Kim sigue las aventuras de una joven huérfana, Jia, quien tiene la gracia de una bailarina pero la desgracia de provenir de una familia políticamente sospechosa. En el aislado pueblo minero de su infancia, el padre de Jia, un profesor de ciencias, cuestiona la intrusión del gobierno en su salón de clase y la policía se lo lleva, para no saberse de él nunca más. Ahora Jia debe abandonar el pueblo donde su familia ha sido enviada como castigo para hacerse un camino. Su viaje la lleva primero a Pyongyang y finalmente a Shenyang en el noreste de China. En el camino, se enamora de un soldado, se hace amiga de los mendigos, es secuestrada, golpeada y vendida, adopta la cultura china y aprende a equilibrar la cruel necesidad con las posibilidades de la bondad y el amor. Sobre todo, Jia debe permanecer cautelosa, siempre lista para adaptarse a los «caprichosos vientos políticos» de la moderna Corea del Norte y China». (Extraído de la página de Amazon de este libro). Hyejin Kim fue editor de Global Voices Corea.

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This is one of the simplest Insta challenges. It is about publishing the covers of 7 books without no further explanation. For this challenge I decided to make it special for GV’rs. The books whose covers I’ll publish are written by members of the Global Voices community. The rules of this challenge say that you should not tell anything about the book that is published, but hey, this is Global Voices, and Global Voices loves context, so here I tell you something about today’s book. «1993. Houston. Dr. Wale Olufunmi, lunar rock geologist, has a life most Nigerian immigrants would kill for, but then most Nigerians aren’t Wale—a great scientific mind in exile with galactic ambitions. Then comes an outlandish order: steal a piece of the moon. With both personal and national glory at stake, Wale manages to pull off the near impossible, setting out on a journey back to Nigeria that leads anywhere but home. Compelled by Wale’s impulsive act, Nigerians traces arcs in time and space from Houston to Stockholm, from Cape Town to Bulawayo, picking up on the intersecting lives of a South African abalone smuggler, a freedom fighter’s young daughter, and Wale’s own ambitious son. Deji Olukotun’s debut novel defies categorization—a story of international intrigue that tackles deeper questions about exile, identity, and the need to answer an elusive question: what exactly is brain gain?» (Extracted from this book’s amazon page). Deji Olukotun was Global Voices and Advox author. Another rule of the challenge states that we have to nominate someone, so I nominate another GV friend: @stojanovski_f —————————————— Hola! I’m Juan Arellano, also known as @cyberjuan, former @globalvoicesonline editor, author and translator, based in Lima, Perú and Medellín, Colombia. #instagv #dayinthelifeofgv #7books7nominations #7bookschallenge #7daybookchallenge #bibliophile #booklovers #bookstagram #books #bookclub #bookchallenge #bookreaders #bookreading #readers #goodreads #Nigeria #novel #literature #scifi #sciencefiction #scifibooks #bookshelf #bookshelves

Una publicación compartida de Global Voices (@globalvoicesonline) el 11 Ene, 2019 a las 9:37 PST

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This is one of the simplest Insta challenges. It is about publishing the covers of 7 books without no further explanation. For this challenge I decided to make it special for GV’rs. The books whose covers I’ll publish are written by members of the Global Voices community. The rules of this challenge say that you should not tell anything about the book that is published, but hey, this is Global Voices, and Global Voices loves context, so here I tell you something about today’s book. «The enormous scope of the Internet can lead us to assume that as the online community grows, our world grows smaller and more cosmopolitan. In Digital Cosmopolitans, Ethan Zuckerman explains why the technological ability to communicate with someone does not guarantee human interaction or the healthy exchange of information and ideas. Combining the latest psychological and sociological research with current trends both online and off, Digital Cosmopolitans highlights the challenges we face and the headway being made in creating a world that is truly connected. » (Extracted from this book’s amazon page). @ethanzuckerman is one of the two Global Voices founders. Another rule of the challenge states that we have to nominate someone, so I nominate another GV friend: @faiskap . . #instagv #dayinthelifeofgv #7books7nominations #7bookschallenge #7daybookchallenge #bibliophile #booklovers #bookstagram #books #bookclub #bookchallenge #bookreaders #bookreading #readers #goodreads #rewireit #ethanzuckerman

Una publicación compartida de Global Voices (@globalvoicesonline) el 13 Ene, 2019 a las 4:50 PST

«El enorme alcance de Internet puede llevarnos a suponer que a medida que la comunidad en línea crece, nuestro mundo se vuelve más pequeño y más cosmopolita. En Cosmopolitas digitales, Ethan Zuckerman explica por qué la capacidad tecnológica para comunicarse con alguien no garantiza la interacción humana o un saludable intercambio de información e ideas. Combinando las últimas investigaciones psicológicas y sociológicas con las tendencias actuales tanto en línea como fuera de ella, Cosmopolitas digitales destaca los desafíos que enfrentamos y los avances que se están logrando para crear un mundo que esté realmente conectado». (Extraído de la página de Amazon de este libro). @ethanzuckerman es uno de los dos fundadores de Global Voices.

Estas publicaciones las fui intercalando con otras que reuno por acá.